The El-Marwa Food Industries company packages and exports frozen fruits and vegetables. The company is targeting to increase the volume of its exports by 25% to 30% this year—to 650 containers of 15,600 tonnes of frozen fruits and vegetables.
This would mark an increase of 3,600 tonnes and 150 containers compared to the year prior. They also plan to expand in some foreign markets, according to Shereen El Sabagh, exports director at El-Marwa.
She explained that El-Marwa is seeking to expand in the coming period in the US, French, Italian, Spanish, and Canadian markets, by increasing the number of its agents in those countries.
The company is packing and exporting 26 different frozen fruit and vegetable products, distributed among 21 types of vegetables and five types of fruits such as strawberries, guava, banana, pomegranate, and peach.